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Dryer Vent Cleaning in the Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville Areas of CA
All dryer maintenance should start with exhaust vent cleaning. Clothing dryers require maintenance and cleaning in order to assure proper functioning. Vital parts of your dryer such as the bearings, elements, and ignitors can all be adversely effected if the dryer is not properly maintained.
The following is a list of rules to follow to maintain your dryer:
- Dryer efficiency is maximized easily by just cleaning out your lint filter with each wash and sometimes cleaning behind the machine.
- If only drying a few items the dryer will work best if the items are of different sizes, and dryers with Auto-Dry cycles with not dry properly if the load is too small.
- To help you dry difficult items like caps, sneakers, sweaters, stuffed toys, and pillows, you can purchase a special drying rack.
- Be careful when drying clothes stained with flammable substances (oils, gas or lighter fluids, stain removers, or other cleaning products), because there is a fire risk.
- Do not machine dry foam backed rugs.
- Bending too low can cause injury, avoid this by putting your dryer at least a foot from the floor, level with your washer.
- Keep in mind that you should always use metal or rigid ducts with your dryer and avoid foil and white plastic ducts, which often are flammable and make your dryer less efficient.
The following are all symptoms of a clogged vent that could be fixed by cleaning:
- Increased drying times
- Clothes get too hot which is bad for perma-press
- The dryer can be too loud
- Clothes come out of the dryer still damp and hot
- Automatic sensors may fail
- Early failure of heating element, motor or bearings
Vertical vents runs that get clogged can rapidly cause the motor, drum rollers,and heater to fail. Qualified service personnel (UL - Underwriters Laboratories) are the best choice for even the simplest dryer maintenance.
The best place to find someone to clean your dryer is a professional air duct cleaning company.
They have everything needed to make your dryer function properly again. Clean rigid or flexible metal venting and ducting materials help save energy and drying time, as well as reduce operating costs and extend the life of the dryer and clothing due to lower drying temperatures.
Well, that wraps-up our dryer vent cleaning article. Hopefully you have a better understanding of what the process involves and what you might search for in hiring an duct cleaning company. For additional reading material, you might want to check out our online dryer vent cleaning library. Having your air ducts cleaned while the technicians are still at your home cleaning out your clogged dryer vent will generally save you a few dollars.
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